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Offline Joe Schmoe

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WWII B25 headed up the pass...
« on: Sep 19, 20, 04:32:18 PM »
For those who might be outside keeping an eye out on the fire.  It's headed for the 138/15 interchange, and heading into Phelan.

In a bit of irony, it also has a history of working as a fire bomber: https://b-25history.org/aircraft/4428938.htm

Old picture:


Current:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7946C

Offline Tibia

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Re: WWII B25 headed up the pass...
« Reply #1 on: Sep 25, 20, 03:33:45 AM »
She was later rebuilt to an absolutely beautiful, highly polished aluminum bird and renamed "Old Glory"
She was on the USS Essex on it's trip to Pearl Harbor for the V-J Day commemoration.
Old Glory returned on the USS Essex to San Diego, where she fly up to Chino Airport.
She left Chino enroute Stockton where she sadly crash landed in a field near the airport.
Two members of the crew were hurt, thankfully none seriously.
But it will be a while before Old Glory flys again.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/plane-crashes-near-stockton-airport-san-joaquin-county-sheriffs-officials-say/103-de6b52fd-4915-4a73-a6d1-544e55c0b9ae